Brunei, wealthy city!

Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque, built with Italian marble and granite from Shanghai

A cashed-up anachronism with oil to burn.

This tiny oil-rich Islamic sultanate on the northwest coast of Borneo is known chiefly for the astounding wealth of its sultan, its tax-free, subsidised society, and the fact that (statistically at least) its population enjoy one of the highest per capita incomes on earth.

Jame'Asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque, built to celebrate sultan's silver jubilee

Hot of the grill: fast fish at the Pasar Malam Night Market, Bandar Seri Begawan

A water taxi motors past stilt houses in one of many water villages in Bandar Seri Begawan